Christina Applegate Honored With Star On Walk Of Fame At First Appearance Since MS Diagnosis - TooFab

"Oh, by the way, I person a disease, did you not notice? I'm not adjacent wearing shoes ... You're expected to laughter astatine that!"

Christina Applegate conscionable received a well-deserved milestone -- her ain prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

The "Dead to Me" prima made her large instrumentality to the spotlight astatine the event, pursuing her MS diagnosis, which she publically revealed successful August 2021. Before the celebration, she told The New York Times it would beryllium "first clip anyone's going to spot maine the mode I am," arsenic she opened up astir however her beingness has changed since her diagnosis.

"I enactment connected 40 pounds; I can't locomotion without a cane. I privation radical to cognize that I americium precise alert of each of that," she said earlier the event.

The archetypal idiosyncratic to talk astatine Applegate's ceremonial were her "Married with Children" costars Katey Sagal and David Faustino.

"I conscionable privation to accidental I'm genuinely honored to beryllium a portion of past successful the making today," said Faustino, who recalled archetypal gathering Applegate during auditions for the show. "The pursuing 10 years were rather a chaotic ride. Christina and I are genuinely similar member and sister, adjacent to this day."

"Thank you for inspiring maine to beryllium fearless and truly spell for it, I emotion you," helium continued, thanking Applegate for being determination for him erstwhile helium precocious mislaid his parent arsenic well. "I'm truthful arrogant of your assemblage of work," helium said, earlier praising her "powerhouse" show successful "Dead to Me" and thanking her for introducing him to his "spiritual community" and transforming his life.

When Sagal took the mic, she celebrated Christina for being "so effing famous," earlier praising Applegate's "humility, humor, grace, fortitude [and] bravery" and telling her she's been "high connected my database of life's teachers since you were 16."

"You cognize sweetheart, immoderate of america travel into this beingness requiring wide shoulders due to the fact that what's coming astatine america needs enactment to carnivore it. Broad capable to clasp what shows up," she continued. "I've seen you, the precocious highs of emotion and tremendous occurrence coupled with utmost challenges, but you came successful with those shoulders and you carnivore the value and you crook and you don't break."

"And your humility and irreverence allows each of america to crook with you," she added, earlier concluding, "I proceed to emotion you, laughter with you and to larn from you ... I emotion the information that to this day, you inactive telephone maine mommy. I emotion you truthful much, my sweetheart, you're not alone, we emotion you."

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"Dead to Me" creator Liz Feldman went connected to telephone Applegate "a lioness" connected acceptable and "den parent to all," who ever looked retired for everyone successful the cast. She called Applegate 1 of the funniest radical she knows, a comic genius and "one of the top actors of our generation."

Linda Cardellini, Applegate's "Dead to Me" costar, got affectional arsenic she stepped up to the podium, saying she instantly signed onto the amusement erstwhile she knew Christina was attached. "She is 1 of the greats," she continued, saying she has made a "friend for life" successful Applegate, who "has an unthinkable quality to marque you consciousness astatine home" and "treats everyone with respect."

"She is besides a champion for anyone she loves. At immoderate of my weakest moments she has hugged me, looked maine successful the eyes and said, 'I've got you, we've got this," she continued. "And you judge her, due to the fact that she is precisely the idiosyncratic you privation successful your corner. A fiercely loyal, honest, generous person and person."

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Applegate past took the podium, walking with a cane and the enactment of Sagal, who helped clasp her up. "It's truthful Katey to bargain the thunder and beryllium down me," joked Christina arsenic she began to speak.

"I can't basal for excessively long, truthful I'm going to convey the radical that I truly request to thank. First of all, for my household who has spoken present today, you are my everything. I emotion that I started with you 2 and I ended with you two," she said of her coworkers and costars who spoke. "You are my people, you are my loves."

She past thanked her cause and the remainder of her team, earlier turning to her family.

"Lastly, the astir important idiosyncratic successful this satellite is my daughter. You are truthful overmuch more, you are truthful overmuch much than adjacent you know," she said, turning to her daughter. "You are truthful beauteous and benignant and loving and astute and absorbing and I americium blessed each time that I get to aftermath up and instrumentality you to you school. You are my everything. Thank you for lasting beside maine done each of this -- oh, by the way, I person a disease, did you not notice? I'm not adjacent wearing shoes. You're expected to laughter astatine that!

Also successful the assemblage were Applegate's mother, her hubby Martyn LeNoble, 11-year-old girl Sadie -- who took photos wearing a look disguise -- Amanda Bearse and her "The Sweetest Thing" costar Selma Blair, who besides has MS.

See much photos from the lawsuit present and successful the assemblage below: